Sunbathing in foreign climes!!
Jigsaw
Thu 5 Jul 2007 22:28
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Well we have made it to Gravelines, only 32 miles
from Ramsgate, but at least we have left England. Molly and Kate got very
excited having spotted 2 maybe 3 dolphins swimming alongside us for
about ten minutes, they dolphins delighted us by diving through the boats bow
wave as we sailed along at about 6knots. They both coped well with the
force 6 winds that we experienced during the passage and enjoyed
seeing Paul get soaked as a couple of large waves broke over the
cockpit and landed on his head. Boat behaved very well and everything is
apparently working well. Gales forecast for Friday, so we are not going
anywhere till Saturday.
Left Ramsgate at about 08:00 and arrived in
Gravelines about 14:30, just as the wind really picked up for a while.We tied
the boat up and did a quick trip to Lidl's supermarket to stock up
with good wine, cider and beer at really
good prices. The dry Reisling from Alsace is fantastic, highly recomended by the
Jigsaw wine club. The boat is now sitting upright firmly stuck in
very soft mud, not moving an inch as people walk around the boat,
there is literally about two inches of water around the boat with the soft
glutinous slimey mud almost up to the waterline.Paul and Howard dined on
snails, squid and Cote d'Rhone, Foie Gras for Kate , peanut butter for
Molly and toast for Mary.
By the way it is still
raining!
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